The Thames Coromandel District Council will resume hearings of submissions on the Proposed District Plan this week.

Hearings begin tomorrow at the council chambers, starting at 9am, then move to the council offices in Coromandel Town on Thursday, starting at 10am.

Thames Coromandel District Hearing

Matters to be heard at tomorrow's hearing will be Section 15 covering settlement, development and growth, section 13 covering financial contributions, and section 30 covering transmission buffer line and transmission Line.

Thursday's hearing in Coromandel Town will cover Sections 8 and 31 which includes historic heritage without schedules.

The panel will also meet in committee with the public excluded next week on Tuesday to review matters raised during the first hearing held September 18 to 16.

District plans manage how land is used, developed and subdivided within the district. They help determine where activities take place, under what restrictions, and what natural and cultural features should be protected with the region.

They are important when identifying key resource management issues in the district, what communities want done about issues and ways to achieve the outcomes that communities wants.

For more information about the hearings process call District Plan Coordinator Lisa Madgwick on 868-0200 or via email lisa.madgwick@tcdc.govt.nz